We designed this Open Educational Resources (OER) First Year Courses textbook, Foundations of Learning, to help you navigate the transition to college and to prepare you for your future academic career. Our editorial team brings together Eastern Kentucky University faculty, staff, and students from various disciplines and areas. We are committed to a process of open pedagogy and value student participation in knowledge production, so students were actively involved in all stages of the creation of this book. We are grateful to our student team for gathering and creating resources and providing valuable feedback on all chapters to make this an accessible and exciting resource for their peers! Some of the content you will find in this book is original and unique to Eastern Kentucky University, while other content has been adopted from other Open Educational Resources (OER).

Editors and Contributors to the Foundations of Learning  (2025 edition) textbook were:

Alex White, Coordinator of First Year Courses

Caroline Haydon, Graduate Assistant for First Year Courses

Maggie Abner, Content Editor for First Year Courses

Jay Adkins, Content Editor for First Year Courses

Kevin Murphy, Content Creator for First Year Courses

Holden Vandemark, Content Creator for First Year Courses

William Thornburgh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Science Education

Erin Eliassen, Ed.D., Associate Professor

Sarah Adams, Academic Program Coordinator

Jamie Woolery, Ed.D, Student Engagement Director

Michael Ballard, Ed.D., Associate Dean, College of Health Sciences